Attention overdue for college bridge bolts

Tuesday

Jun 26, 2012 at 12:01 AMJun 26, 2012 at 12:15 PM

Editor, the Tribune: On May 2, the city informed me Stephens College's bridges are private. I asked whether they had been inspected. Within 15 minutes I was given a 10-page report made April 29-30, 2009 — three years old.

The inspection of the 16 bolts securing the bridges in place concluded that the inside walkway bolts had been dissolved by ice melt and the outer bolts had lost most of their effective section.

It is understood the replacement bolts will be stainless-steel. How about the plate that anchors to the beams?

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's June 13 editorial page article "That Rusting Arch" worries about stains on the outside of their arch. A picture shows its anchor bolts look just like the bolts I pictured.

I suggested St. Louis check their bolts that anchor the structure.

Harry R. Weitkemper 2910 Bluff Creek Drive No. 602

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